September 15th 2008

Cherry

By Ed Crane

Sat, 22 Feb 2020
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The big fish that fed on so many, grew whale size

beaching itself on a sandbar of unpaid debts.

Starved of funds to support its decaying body

it spilled its guts, releasing the multitude of

smaller fish into rancid air to suffer and die

alongside its grossly inflated cadaver.

 

A failure that gave a bonanza for no one.

Few were left to make living out of the scraps.

The putrid flesh carved into digestible pieces for some

while many drowned and the smallest sprats

were left behind as insignificant pickings for

Angels with deep nets to save where they could.

 

The effect of hundreds of rotting red herrings

will pollute the waters of the World for a generation

leaving the stink of corrupted parasites growing ever powerful

until the day of their reckoning – which seems so far away.

 

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698510#/media/File:Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder_-_Big_Fish_Eat_Little_Fish,_1556_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

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Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

An interesting drawing. Much to think of there in the 'expansion, expansion' attitude and the consequences of taking risks, and the vacuum when small steady, dependable services are squeezed out. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

I can't say how relevant the picture is, but I directly saw it as the failure of capitalism of which the Lehman Brothers crash was a very scary example which is still indirectly costing me and milions of other 'sprats' money in higher taxes, loss of services etc etc

 

Submitted by onemorething on

This is excellent. A perfect poem for the picture. Love the use of rot and rancid and putrid, really conjured up the stink of it all. And the picture is amazing too. :)

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

sorry for the delay in replying, been busy

 

Submitted by monodemo on

i really enjoyed your poem. it deserved to be cherry picked

well done

Submitted by Ed Crane on

Very nice thing to say. Apologies for the delay in replying

 

Submitted by celticman on

rbs chairman £700 000 per annum pension fund. ahem

 

Submitted by Ed Crane on

sorry for the delay in getting back to you

 

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Submitted by Parson Thru on

I'm enjoying these, Ed.

The imagery / visual comment. In seriousness, very nicely done and a powerful metaphor for something that certainly stinks.

I really like this style. Evokes French Symbolism, which I enjoy.

Parson Thru

Submitted by Parson Thru on

I'm enjoying these, Ed.

The imagery / visual comment. In seriousness, very nicely done and a powerful metaphor for something that certainly stinks.

I really like this style. Evokes French Symbolism, which I enjoy.

If only I spoke French.

Parson Thru